Porter is the first competitive entrant into the 2024 race for Sen. Dianne Feinstein's long-held seat.
“I don’t do Congress the way others often do,” Porter said in a short video announcing her run. “I use whatever power I have to speak hard truths to the power that be.”
Porter, a single mother and feisty progressive, flipped the California 45th Congressional District from red to blue in 2018—something that had never happened since the its boundaries were created in the 80s. Since joining Congress, the Harvard-trained, consumer-protection lawyer became a well-known and effective member of Congress, almost always with a white board or other visual aid in hand.The visual aids were best used in her questioning of two different ghouls, I mean, Wells Fargo CEOS.
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